Rated on Ofsted and the parent survey. Infant schools sit no SATs.
Infant schools stop at Year 2, so children here move to a junior school for Year 3.
This school
Orchard Lea Infant School
Junior school
Orchard Lea Junior School
Partner junior school
Year 3 to Year 6 · 110 m away from Orchard Lea Infant School
Both schools are in The Orchard Lea Federation, so one governing body runs them.
View schoolYou apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Orchard Lea Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 28 April 2026
Infant schools do not sit SATs, and no Year 2 results are published for schools, so there are no exam results for Orchard Lea Infant School.
Children from here take SATs in Year 6 at Orchard Lea Junior School
69%
met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, against 63% across England.
See Orchard Lea Junior School's resultsSchool workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
66%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
53 responses up to 1 April 2024 · 33% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
89% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
87% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
70% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
44% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
87% agreeOfsted inspected Orchard Lea Infant School on 28 April 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Strong standard for early years; Expected standard for achievement, for curriculum and teaching, for inclusion, for leadership and governance, for personal development and wellbeing and for attendance and behaviour.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
Orchard Lea Infant School is an infant school, so children move to a junior school for Year 3. Its partner junior school is Orchard Lea Junior School, 110 m away. The two schools are federated, with one governing body. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Orchard Lea Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
No. Distance only counts when Orchard Lea Infant School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Hampshire, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.